The Samsung Galaxy S5 definitely has a lot going for it, and one of its major new features is the new 16-megapixel camera with a nice range of handy features, such as real-time HDR, selective focus and, of course, 4K video recording. Still, with the Galaxy S5 release date being scheduled for April 11, there's still some painful waiting time for us to go through until we can take that fancy camera for a spin, right?

Wrong! We simply can't wait that long, guys. We have taken one of those Galaxy S5 demo units Samsung has displayed at MWC 2014 and snapped a bunch of pictures with it. What's more, we've also taken those same shots with a bunch of rivaling handsets, such as the iPhone 5s, Xperia Z1, Galaxy S5 and HTC One. Want to get an idea of how all of these cameras stack up against each other? Well, go ahead - check the pictures out in the following gallery, but do keep in mind that the GS5 unit we used wasn't final (running non-final software), so results may differ with the retail version of the Galaxy S5 (it might easily be even better)!

1. Increased sensor size compared to any other Galaxy devices (1/2.6-inch)
2. 1st time use of ISOCELL which they claim to be better than BSI sensors. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt2u8RH47lk)
3. Phase Detection AF (way better than contrast detection).
4. Live HDR mode.

Now with all that said, it appears there's quite a heavy processing going on, lot of noise to deal with resulting in heavier-than-ideal softness of the image. Mind you at 16MPs it still means boatloads of detail, but per pixel sharpness, Lumias and the Exmor RS are ahead. Dynamic range and color reproduction however is where Sammy gets serious with ISOCELL, speed should be good too.

Now here's where it gets interesting: the Sammy presentation showed a 4:3 sensor with some 16:9 filter layered over it. These photos are 5312x2988 pixels, which is 16:9, so it's possible that the sensor has 20 megapixels overall! (4 unused).

As far as jpeg compression goes, the 16MP images weigh in around 4MBs each, we could live with less processing, but it's not a final software.

Wow, the media was right, that GS5 color really do look like a band-aid... I like the other colors though... Can't wait to see what the Note 4 will look like, with it's curved display. :) Camera software is not finalized so no comment there.

Only three things that makes GS5 a no go for me:
The design (Ok but....naaa)
No OIS (Would make the camera A LOT BETTER FOR LOW LIGHT PHOTOS)
And only 8gb available from the 16gb (Yes I know Micro-SD but me and M-SDs are not good friends)
Other wise This phone rocks.
Besides I'm also waiting for Nokias L1820 :D
Sorry for my english :)

because those cameras doesn't offer realistic environment colors and they're more often photo-illuminated while the galaxy S5 seems dark but it gives more realistic colored environment as you see in the first picture

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